right now an internal investigation, prince georges county police officers could be facing criminal charges after new video shows them beat agunarmed college student. happy ending. an 11-year-old autistic girl is found alive, she's been missing since friday. and rain is headed in our direction, but it should not stick around too long. "news4midday" begins right now. good morning, everyone. welcome to fuss 4 midday. i'm bauer blair son. it's tuesday, april 13th, 2010. it is the second and final day of president obama's nuclear security summit at washington convention center. today leaders from 47 nations are participating in formal meetings about nuclear weapons.

the goal is to come up with a plan to lock away and cleanse the world of nuclear materials worldwide in four years. >> two decades after the end of the cold war, we tas a cruel irony of history. the risk of a nuclear confrontation between nations has gone down. but the risk of nuclear attack has gone up. nuclear materials that could, in short, it is increasingly clear that the danger of nuclear terrorism is one of the greatest threats to global security. >> president obama also announced that south korea's president has agreed to host the next nuclear conference in two years. well, and until the summit ends, it's still going to be difficult to get around the district. many streets will remain closed until 8:00 tonight. despite major road closures, traffic was relatively mild today. however, there was one tragic

incident involving a national guard vehicle and i cyclist. that cyclist has been identified. megan mcgrath joins with us more on that. >> well, yesterday began without a lot of fanfare. everything was going very, very smoothly in terms of traffic and all of the road closures in the area and then as things were winding down last night just after 6:00, there was a terrible accident involving a woman on a bicycle and a truck that was owned by the d.c. national guard, that truck providing security for the summit here. they have just identified the woman who was riding that bicycle who was killed in that accident. she is 68-year-old constance holden. she is a portrait artist and a skin science journalist and wrote for science magazine and reportedly just left work yesterday evening when she was involved in this accident, struck by that d.c. national guard truck at 12th and

new york avenues. she was died on the scene. now, there is still a very large police presence here around the convention center today. there are a lot of different traffic patterns because of all of the road closures. but really so far so good today. we've had no major problems. >> the nuclear summit day two. widespread road closures still in place, but drivers continue to heed the warnings. although a little heavier than monday, traffic is still lighter than usual. >> it was actually a straight shot. we came from baltimore. so. >> better than usual? >> actually, it was. >> well, it's not too bad coming down. >> it was not bad at all actually. actually less than normal. so pretty good. >> this is the final day of the summit. but with so many dignitaries in town, it will take awhile for things to get back to normal.

many road closures won't be lifted until 8:00 tonight. that means bus routes continue to be detoured. not good news for barbara flint. >> i need a bus but you see all of these buss? i don't know where they stop. so i'll have to walk all the way down to eighth street to try to get a bus. >> vip motorcades may still cause some rolling closures and traffic delays tonight. and the mt. vernon metro station will not reopen till 5:00 a.m. wednesday. folks should expect to see work crews around the convention center for another day or two as the metal sensing used to create the secure zone is pulled down and hauled away. and today, of course, is the final day of the summit. so the hope is that thing will get back to normal without any further incident. again, they have identified the woman who was killed in that accident yesterday evening at 12th and new york avenues, identified as 68-year-old

constance holden, a writer, a science writer, science journalist and a portrait artist from washington, d.c. back to you, barbara. >> thank you, megan. today first lady michelle obama will travel south of the border to mexico. this is her first official solo trip. her journey will be without the president and without her children. she'll be the guest of the first lady of mexico, margarita sa fa la at the presidential residence in mexico city. she will speak to young people from primary school students through recent college graduates encouraging them to become active in communities and to take responsibility for tear own futures. five people were taken to the hospital after this the seven-vehicle crash on northbound 95 at prince william parkway around 6:30 this morning. the interstate is back open after virginia state police closed the northbound portion for about an hour while crews cleaned up the mess. no word on what caused this crash. that was one of several problems on the roads this morning. jerry edwards has an update on

conditions right now. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. the midday actually looking pretty good at this hour. despite all the closures downtown. everybody seems to be dealing with them. along i-95 just in the distance, you can see construction headed on down to loudoun in the right lane. the volume very, very light indeed. so there's really no significant backups up to springfield looking okay. let's update you on the american legion bridge, left side of the inner loop, right side the outer loop. down to tysons corner moving along very nicely. barbara, back to you. >> thank you. let's take a look outside. gray skies today. we've got some chillier weather out there. chuck bell, how long is this going to last. >> only about one day, barbara, before the sunshine starts to come back. >> i won't complain then. >> before you have time to get out the list of things to complain about today, don't bother putting weather on the list. we need a little bit of rain. we need a little bit more than we're probably going to get.

rainfall amounts today probably a tenth to maybe a quarter after inch at the most. there's a look at live doppler. for now, the majority of the rain showers are just to the north of downtown washington. up into montgomery and fairfax counties and loudoun county, virginia, basically along and just to the north of the immediate metropolitan area. there are sprinkles now in southern charles county, calvert county and st. mary's county. on the whole, going to be a cloudy and cool day today. started off with temperatures at 52 early this morning in downtown and now, we've made it all the way up to 53. i don't think we're going to move a whole heck of a lot more than that either. temperatures just down to our south are as warm as we were yesterday because that's where the weather front as moved on down to. satellite picture shows cloudy skies in that general train of southeast rain showers coming in the area. cloudy, cooler today than yesterday. afternoon showers are likely. these are just going to be enough to collect all the granules of pollen on the hood

of your car and make big bright yellow spots. >> that sounds terrific. we'll talk to you again. maybe you'll have a better outlook on our car condition a little bit later on. >> i'm optimistic you'll like half of the seven-day. >> thank you, chuck. there is good news out of florida this morning. an 11-year-old autistic girl was found alive a short time ago, she had been missing since friday. nadia bloom was last seen when they went for a ride on her bike in winter springs, florida. police have not released any details about this morning's discovery as of yet. university maryland students originally charged with felonies for assaulting prince george's county officers now have video showing they were the victims. it all started after some students took to the streets in college park to celebrate after maryland beat duke last month. tracee wilkins is live in our newsroom and has more on this. trac tracey. >> police accuse the two students of assaulting officers who were on horseback.

ob friday those felony charges were dropped and yesterday, new video surfaced showing some disturbing details. >> jack will come into view here. he's actually dancing on the sidewalk. we will know from another video he's singing a fight song. actually stop. he doesn't say a word to the officers. they don't give him nel orders and you can see what they do. >> attorney christopher griffiths says these images show what happened to his client, 22-year-old university of maryland student john mckenna. griffiths says these injuries included a head wound that required staples. he says these photos are of another client, 20-year-old ben gonat who claims to have received similar treatment by police the night of march 3rd when students spilled into the streets of downtown college park after maryland's men's basketball team beat duke. both students were charged with assaulting mounted police officers.

charging documents claimed the men instruct officers and their horses. and that both men were kicked by the horses. those charges have now been dropped. griffiths says the charges against the students were a cover-up for what police had done. >> the charging documents are a complete fabrication, they're fabricated for a specific purpose. they're fabricated to cover up the police misconduct. >> prince george's county police sfeef roberto hylton did initially defend the officers involved. he has changed his stance since the video. >> i'm outraged. i'm disappointed. >> we have identified one of the officers who played a role in this incident and he's going to be immediately suspended. we're in the process of identifying the other officers and we will conduct an internal investigation. >> in addition to that internal affairs investigation of the three officers, officials say there will also be a federal focus on the county officer who originally filed the charging

documents saying the men were kicked by horses instead of beaten by police. 28 people were arrested or cite that had night in college park. maryland u.s. attorney's office is watching this case closely and will decide after the internal investigation whether they're going to press charges. in the newsroom, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> thank you, tracey. officials at james madison university want to prevent a repeat of saturday's chaotic spring fest block party. the event ended with police releasing tear gas on some of the ,000 or so people there. officers in full riot gear were called in after a number of fights and fires broke out. 30 people were arrested. jmu's president called the ordeal an embarrassment and says the school is working with law enforcement to make sure nothing like this ever happens again. our time is 11 minutes after 11:00. coming up, good news for hundreds of thousands of americans out of work. why unemployment benefits may soon be on the way again. plus, the third and final space

walk of the current shuttle mission. we'll tell you about the big job now completed. and a small town sheriff is now involved in the case of an adoptive mother who sent her son back to russia. we'll have the latest on the controversial case. stay with us. [ male announcer ] are you watching cable?

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senate democrats won an initial victory to extend unemployment benefits. monday's 60 ohio 34 vote allows debate to begin on a bill to

extend jobless benefits. republicans rejected an attempt to expedite the measures. the senate talks continue on a larger bill to extend benefits through the end of the year. if the stalemate continues, each week more than 200,000 unemployed people stand to lose those benefits. republicans say the bill adds to the country's deficit. reports are swirling in washington about who president obama will choose to become the next supreme court justice. the president will nominate someone to replace justice john paul stevens who is retiring this summer. administration officials say the president is considering at least eight individuals on the short list is merrick garland, a judge with the d.c. court of appeals. one thing is certain, whoever the president chooses will likely set the stage for a tense confirmation battle on capitol hill. . >> it deif he picks an activist judge, i don't care whether he's liberal or conservative tin,

we've got to do everything in our power to defeat that person. >> i'm going to assume everybody's going to be responsible and we can move forward with this nominee and we should. >> hillary clinton's name has also come up, but the white house dispelled those rumors yesterday. president obama is expected to make his decision by early may. a new today astronauts finished up their third and final space walk of their mission. rick mass trashio and clay it on the anderson floated out early this morning and will be connecting fluid lines to an moneyia tank and also put the old tank aboard the shuttle so it can be returned to earth next week. the refrigerator sized thanks are part of the station's cooling system. we had a cooling off today out there. let's talk to chuck about that. how long did you say we'll have to deal with this incomplement weather we have right now. >> we're only going to have to deal with cloudiness and dampness for just today because

more sunshine coming back into our forecast for tomorrow. and it looks like our little stretch of nice weather goes for the most part into the weekend. we could use more of the april showers. a live view from our city camera, there's the capitol dome in the distance. in the foreground, you can see a couple of rain drops on the lens. we'll have to get the wiper going soon. temperature only 53 degrees. now at national airport, a northeastly wind has done us in. cloud cover and cooler temperatures usually follow those northeastly winds in. our april now, get this our april is now 1 degree cooler than average. that's if it were the month of may. we are 11.58 degrees warmer than ample for april and since may is usually so much warmer, we're only a degree cooler than average. had it been the first half of the month of may. crazy stuff out there. no doubt about it. this early april has been exceptionally warm. temperatures around the rest of the area on your tuesday, where

the light rain showers have settled in for longer periods of time, temperatures have held in the mid to high 40s right now. still waiting on steadier rain drops down into southern maryland. as a result, temperatures are just a hint warmer all the way down in st. mary's city temperatures in the upper 50s. live doppler, you can see drizzle drops and spring offals across much of loudoun and month gomry counties, also rain drops being found in southern cal vert county. the steadier rain showers are for the most part still up across the pennsylvania, maryland border. so far rainfall amounts exceptionally light. only.02 rain in martinsburg and .0. in haigers town. a very light dosing of rain showers in the area. a quarter to maybe only a tenth inch of rain for most spots. temperatures have remained fairly cool but that beautiful weather we had yesterday has been just down to our sought where atlanta and raleigh still

near 70. esover the last 12 hours, you can see the general trajectory of showers coming down out of the eastern parts of michigan, northwestern parts of pennsylvania. light rain showers for the remainder of the day today. once these little band of showers go on by, i think that weather front's going to start to lift generally back in our direction and as a result our weather will start. >> tim: problem for tomorrow. here's our model through the remainder of our day today. a patch of rain showers drifting by. overnight those come to an end and high pressure will be in charge. we'll have a little bit of sunshine coming back our way for tomorrow. as that area of high pressure goes back, it will allow the warmer air to start moving back in our direction. today's highs though stuck in the 50s. cloudy, cooler today than yesterday by quite a margin. highs yesterday made it up into the low and mid-70s. today we'll hold in the mid, a

few spots into southern maryland into the upper 50s. 64 tomorrow with the sunshine breaking out by midmorning to around lunchtime. thursday, looks like a beauty. sunshine, 75 degrees. friday looks very nice, as well. there will be a risk of a shower, maybe a rumble or two of thunder on friday afternoon. the weekend, unfortunately, has big question marks hanging over it. saturday looks cloudy and a little bit showery. we may have to move the rain drops into sunday, as well. a lot of uncertainty in the weather forecast. we'll keep you posted on that. have to enjoy the sunshine tomorrow and thursday to be guaranteed of getting any. >> okay. we do that. we'll see you later. let's see how the roads are looking. >> hey, barbara, i tell you, it's not that you will bad. a couple construction projects, but for the most part everybody seems to be having a fairly decent midday out there. a live look along interstate 2 0. northbound traffic had a vehicle fire and a couple of earlier issues but no real residual

delays because of that. southbound do believe we have the left lane closed as you head south out of montgomery village. again, traffic looks fine. traveling 66 west bound inside the beltway, you may find it briefly slow headed on over to 267, the dulles connector with the construction project there. that's only a two-lane stretch that the point. be prepared. right now looks okay inbound towards the roosevelt bridge. all in all, not bad. >> looks pretty good. thank you. our time is 11:21. still ahead on news4 midday, a late night musical star is saying good-bye. kate gosslin addresses her husband's allegations she is an absent parent. and lead dangers at home. the new regulations how to get rid of the problem. first first here's a look what's hot on nbcwashington.com.

she is one of the most gossiped about reality stars and now kate gosslin want to set the record straight. the former star of the tlc show "jon & kate plus 8" wrote a new book called "i just want you to know," and in it writes letter to her children. this morning she discussed that book on "the today show" and respond to the fact her

ex-husband jon has recently called her an absentee mother because of her recent stint on "dancing with the stars." >> i'm a working mom and cameras are on me so people catch me traveling and working. i've got to work harder now than ever because i am a single mom. my heart i'm always in my kitchen baking and cooking for my kids and i'll always be there. it's a struggle to be here. the emotion that you see is because i would rather be at home with them. >> kate gosslin has primary custody of the couple's eight children but now jon goss lynn is suing to get full custody back. comedian coen o'brien has a new home on cable. the former "tonight show" host is on a national tour since is he left nbc earlier this year. his new tv show will air at 11:00 p.m. monday through thursday on tbs. the yet to be named show will start in november. . >> playing america into

commercials i'm going to go somewhere where i can finish a song, man. >> yes! >> and that was "tonight show" sidekick and band leader kevin eubanks making it official. he's leaving the late night gig. eubanks has not announced specific plans. the 52-year-old started as guitarist when leno took over tonight" in 199. then he became musical director when brandon marsalis left in '95. his final day on it tonight" is may 28th. 11:26 is our time right now. coming up in the next half hour, will a mother who sent her adoptive son back to russia face charges here in the u.s.? we'll have the latest on this case. plus the 12-year-old accused of bringing a gun to his virginia school. we'll tell you what punishment he faces. and more trouble for toyota. what consumer reports" is saying about a lexus model. chuck is back with a look how much rain we can expect today. stay with us. we'll be back.

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right now, on news4 midday, police identify the cyclist killed after she collided with a national guard vehicle. police say environmental journalist and artist constance holden was on her way home from

work when she was hit downtown washington, d.c. yesterday afternoon. the truck was providing a military escort for president obama's nuclear security summit at the time. the 68-year-old wrote for science magazine. university of maryland students originally charged with felonies for assaulting prince george's county officers now have video showing they were the actual victims. this video is from the night of march 3rd when students celebrated after maryland's men's basketball team beat duke. prince george's county police have suspended one officer and are trying to identify a second one to punish. and we're still waiting for 11-year-old nadia bloom to be brought out of some florida woods where she was found alive this morning. the au tus tick girl has been missing since friday. police say she is covered with bug bites and dehydrated. the forest is very thick. the rescue teams are now trying to make their way out of there. on national television, the u.s. ambassador to russia says he

hopes the controversy surrounding an american woman's decision to send her adoptive son back to moscow won't jeopardize future adoptions. the latest surrounding the tennessee woman and what it could mean for families waiting adoption. >> reporter: this lady's not going to show up again. >> reporter: randall boyce is a small town sheriff facing a big international dilemma. should he charge torry hansen for sending her adopted son back to russia alone. she claims he threatened the family. >> we're not sure right now. >> some lawyers say the mom who's been labeled cruel and abuse i be did not commit a crime because children often fly alone and the mom has someone to take care of the boy when he landed. >> there was no intent to abandon or no intent to put the child in any type of danger. >> that kind 6:talk stokes anger in russia where they say the boy was abused by his adoptive

mother. >> when i asked him about tory, he almost started crying, and he told me that tory's bad. >> but some experts say it is not unusual nor kids who spent years in orphanages like justin did to have serious emotional and behavioral problems. >> if you don't have a consistent caregiver so you don't have someone who is meeting your needs as an infant or a young child, you don't learn that ability to trust. >> in dallas, these people worry their hopes of bringing a 7-year-old russian girl in their home may be crushed by the anger what happened to justin. >> are you excited about getting a sister? yes? >> they expected to finalize things in about a month but russia may stop adoptions. >> we've already had several months to get our minds wrapped around this little girl being a part of our family and really already consider her our daughter. so it would be heartbreaking to not be able to bring her home at this point. >> we just have to trust that

everything's going to be fine. >> and that was ron allen reporting. and we are joined now by linda brownly of the adoption center of washington. we thank you so much for coming today. >> thank you. >> i know this is something that is very interesting to your group because you deal only with international adoptions here in washington. is this a national organization? >> national organization. >> so you've got a lot to share with us. >> accredited in russia too so it particularly means a lot to us. >> this, of course, is very interesting to me because for over two decades i've been involved in adoptions, local adoptions with "wednesday's child" which we started here at channel 4. i'm just wondering because we were all disappointed when adoptions disrupt. what should this parent have done? >> what she should have done is to reach out to the community. whenever we raise a child, we raise a child in a community. and the russian community and the adoption community here in the u.s. would have come to her to help her.

one of the things she could have done is to talk to her social worker from her agency and to have been honest with her about what was going on. reach out to her neighbors, apparently seize a fairly isolated person. >> in our local adoptions we always tell parents, particularly those who are taking children who are older that there are all kinds of services that are provided by the county, the city, the state, the nation. are those services available to people who adopt internationally? >> absolutely. the -- there are iep services that are available which is early intervention. she certainly could have gone to that. she probably had a pediatrician for her child. that would have been a great place to start. >> what do you think the problem was? too embarrassed to admit that there was a problem? >> i think we can look how the woman is trying to resolve the problem at this point which is with isolation. and she seeks isolation rather than reaching out to the community.

where she could have gotten the help she needed. so this probably should have been figured out before she was even given a child that she couldn't handle this type of situation should it arise? >> we don't know what kind of training she had prior to this to going into parenting a child that came at age 7. but there certainly is a need for more post placement services that are available to families who take on an older child. it's more of an issue. >> are you concerned that this might damage the relationship between the u.s. and russia for future adoptions? >> i think together, the russians and the americans feel very much dismayed by what has happened. this is an isolated incident. remember this weekend, the russian ambassador is having his annual 17th annual easter egg celebration at russian compound in which 300 families come to celebrate. >> yes, i've attend that had before and it's always a wonderful celebration. but very, very quickly is, there something different about russia from all the other countries

that americans go to adopt children that they should know if they're thinking about? >> i think they need to know what happens as a result of being institutionalize. i wish there were greater foster parent presence in the russian adoption system. >> linda brown le, i'm sure a lot of people will remember your name those considering foreign adoptions from the adoption center of washington. >> thank you, barbara. >> thanks again for coming. overnight the remaining bodies of miners killed in last week's explosion were recovered. now the bodies of all 29 coal miners have been remove. west virginia's pine office says the bodies were sent to the state medical examiner for autopsies. now investigators will enter the mine to figure out what caused the explosion, the worst mining disaster in 40 years. at a memorial service yesterday, the u.s. secretary of labor promised to get answers about what happened in that mine. >> no miner should ever lose his life in order to provide for his

family. and i will do everything in my power to ensure that we prevent these kinds of tragedies. >> meanwhile in virginia, governor bob mcdonald restored $750,000 for mine safety inspections. that money had been cut from the budget. well, thousands of people are trying to get to higher ground as heavy rainfalls in haiti. survivors of the deadly earthquake have been living in tent cities. now health experts say they are at risk for the seasonal rains. the haitian government and aid agencies starting moving people to safe areas. we have our share of rain in the area right now. check in with chuck bell to find out how much we can get today. good morning again. >> yeah, we have plenty of clouds outside but the rainfall we've been getting so far has been drizzly drops and light showers at the most. here's a look at live doppler. you can see plenty of blue and green on the radar where the rain is. but these are very light rain

showers indeed. and they are gradually moving their way down to the south. windshield wipers will be required today. still a little bit more rain up across parts of southern pennsylvania now. you can see right across franklin county and adams county and even into york county in southern pennsylvania as well as northern frederick county, northerly carroll county and the great state of maryland. those are drifting down to the south. we're going to keep an eye on it here over the next couple of hours. no heavy rain expected, a tenth to a quarter inch is all we can hope to get out of these things. we could use a little bit who are in the way of rain showers but this is not going to be the system to do it. we'll keep watching the rain as it moves in for the remainder of the afternoon. it has held temperatures back only in the low to mid 50s right now. plenty of clouds around for the remainder of the day today. a lot cooler than yesterday. we made 73 yesterday. the 50s today. tomorrow promises to be a brighter and sunnier day. as a result, a warmer day too. >> we'll be back with you.

thanks a lot, chuck. we're going to get a final check on our midday traffic now. there's jerry one more time. >> hey, barbara. let's -- pardon me. got a halfway frog if my throat there. there we go. 95 southbound, roadwork in place. losing the right lane as you head south toward newington down toward the lorton interchange. the hov lanes still configured for northbound. that's not going to offer comfort to folks. you may want to consider route 1 as an alternate. how we're doing downtown, things have calmed down considerably at least for the time being. of course, we've had a lot of vip movement and that jams things up. right now 14th, pennsylvania avenue, everything is moving along nicely. still all the road closures in place around the convention center. we'll have those in place till tonight. right now looks like everybody's dealing with at least during the middle of the day. back to you. >> thank you very much. have a great day. >> you too. we want to take you down to

florida right now where they are just bringing nadia bloom, 11-year-old autistic girl missing since last friday. we are live there and waiting maybe to get a look at her. we understand she is well. dehydrated. there she is. we can see her surrounded by those who were there searching for her since last friday. she's apparently as we said dehydrated, covered with bug bites. we understand a very thick forest where she was found. she is now probably going to be taken to a hospital for observation. we hope that she is as well as we have heard she is. again we are live in florida as nadia bloom has finally been rescued since we've been following the story which began last friday. two people recovering after they were stabbed outside a metro station at a bus stop outside the georgia avenue station in northwest washington just after 10:00 last night. metro police say one victim has life-threatening injuries and say one victim was stab in the

chest. the other stabbed in the back. the names of the victims have not been released. no word on a motive or if police identified any suspects. prince george's police trying to figure out who stabbed a woman to death. 60th avenue in riverdale last night. the name has not been released. police have not released details on the search for a suspect either. at least one man dead and another injured after a double shooting also in prince george's county in the 6800 brosk central avenue in capital heights 8:00 last night. offirs is found two adult men with gunshot wounds. they were taken to the hospital where one later died. no word on the condition of the other man at this time. the names of these victims have not been released. a teacher helped stop a suicide attempt on a middle school campus in prince william county. it happened at potomac middle school.

police say a 12-year-old student got off a bus with a gun, pulled it out of his pocket and pointed it at his own head. a teacher jumped in and got the gun away from him. the gun was not loaded but police say the boy did not know that. one student who attends a fabing potomac high school says she was impressed with the teacher's fast actions. >> the teacher was there at that time and like amazing that they did that. like they had the ability to do that and the strength to pull the gun out of kid's hands, not be afraid. it was really surprising. >> the 12-year-old now tass a charges of bringing a weapon on to school property. our time is 11:42. still ahead on news4 midday, will the dow stay above 11,000 today in the latest numbers. and a lead free home now means finding a lead safe [ male announcer ] are you watching cable? here's what you should be watching: your cable bill, because you could be paying way too much. stop spending more for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone,

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the dow started the day back below 11,000. let's check in with courtney reagan live with more on that. and the rest of the day's business headlines. courtney? >> good morning, barbara. yesterday is the day we saw the dow cross 11,000 and stay there through the close the first time in 18 months. optimism over the improving economy. like you said, we slipped back a bit, under 11,000, down by about 11 points at 10,991. not so much to worry about there. some profit take possibly going on. that 11,000 more of a

psychological level. it's important to get some of those retail investors off the sidelines and into the market. not the end of the world. we'll probably slide back and forth for the rest of the week. the u.s. trade def fit rose in february. exports were at a 16-month high but the gain offset by a bigger jump in imports. the national association of independent business says its small business optimism fell this month with weak sales the key negative influence. and if it seems you're working harder than ever, you're not imagining things. a study by metlife finds many companies have increased work loads and put a higher priority on productivity since the recession. despite longer hours and more work, employees say they're satisfied with their benefits. however, financial concerns continue to weigh on their minds. nearly 70% say they have increased feelings of job insecurity. and in another blow to toyota's reputation, "consumer reports" is urging potential car buyers not to buy the lexus gx

460 because of an unusually high risk of roll overaccidents in tests. toyota has sold 5,000 of the suvs in the first three months it's been available and the 460 is not one of those vehicles covered under the gas pedal recall. this is a totally separate issue. "consumer reports" has given the 460 a rare don't buy safety risk rating and until the problem can be rectified. as you can imagine, quite a talker today and toyota is doing its best to fix the problem and quell the fears. >> thank you. have a great day. see you tomorrow. >> see you then. we have long known about the dangers of lead paint, especially its health impact on children. the paint is known to cause neurological and behavioral disorders. now the environmental protection agency will require contractors be trained on how to contain lead paint found in older homes and buildings and likely cost you more.

liz crenshaw has details. >> when we moved into this house, i wasn't really aware of the lead problems. >> amy davies is having her bathroom renovated. her home was built in 1936 so it falls under a new rule issued by the environmental protection agency. starting april 22nd, any home or child care facility built before 1978 will require a you contractor be paep lead safe certified before starting renovations. because older homes can contain lead paint. >> lead-based paint is now the number one cause of childhood lead poisoning in the country. we have evidence that renovations that have not been done correctly have resulted in children having elevated blood lead levels. >> this is the containment area? >> this is the containment area and now we are in the project area. this is the master bathroom. >> the problem, this win trim below many layers, lead paint. >> we scraped away a little bit

of the paint on the trim and used a test swab and we do have an indication that lead paint is present in the trim. >> so that means containment. david merrick of merrick design build incorporated went through the eight-hour training class designed to teach contractors how to contain and dispose of lead dust safely. >> the training that we've gone through has taught us a lot of different techniques and it really is a performance standard. we've got to keep the dust in here and not out there. we're going to do that by sealing ourselves in with this nice little zipper. >> so we'replasty sized. >> yeah. and what we've done is created a work area outside of the bathroom. >> once the demolition is under way, this machine will exhaust air to the outside through a cleansing filter. another difference, workers will have to suit up. the remodeling industry is making sure its members are properly trained. >> ask potential candidates if they are a lead certified renovator.

and then ask them to show you their certificate. >> this is what the certificate will look like. it will have the epa seal and a certificatefication number. with the proper certification, consumers can expect renovations to take longer and cost more. >> so in the course of this project, we've probably added six to eight hours worth of work which might equate to $800 on a $26,000 project. >> do you feel safer now that this rule is taking place or do you feel like it's just a burden on you? >> hmm. a little bit of both. >> liz crenshaw, news4. >> and liz says the epa expects more than 100,000 contractors to become lead safe sertd fied by the april 22nd deadlines. our time is 11:50. coming up, a tight rope walking 3-year-old. plus meteorologist chuck bell will be back with another check of t

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one of the most popular iphone apps is words with friends. it's a scrabble-like game that pits you against other people. lindsay wilcox met the game's designers. >> don't let the guys with new toy hear you say it but words with friends is a lot like scrabble for your iphone. >> words with friends is crossword combat with your friends. >> a pair of brothers and their cousin formed the company after microsoft laid them off. the apple smart phone was just launching. >> we looked at that opportunity and said this is the time to go and started our own thing to

take on the iphone. >> in july of 2009, new toy released the words with friends app. a couple of months it was viable. now it's one of the top downloaded apps out there. >> one person in an office might get it or one person in the school. and a week later everybody in the school is playing it. >> all right. so this is my first words with friends game. i'm playing with one of the founders. i'm playing off his last word which was rod and i'm going to spell read right here. and then hit play and that's it. now it's his turn. that simple. maybe it's that simplicity that led to its success. maybe it's because it's a way to connect with people through friendly or not so friendly competition. >> lots of smack talking. we had to put chad in just for that feature. >> it's taking the country by storm and elevating the status of the guys behind it. >> you say the word words with friends and you watch people's

eyes light up. oh, my goodness. i love this game. all my friends play this game. that's been really cool. >> that was lindsay wilcox reporting. you can get the words with friends app from the itunes app store. we're going to take a look at some of the stories we're following this afternoon. jim handlely joins us with a preview of things to come. >> busy afternoon, barbara. several news stories coming up at 4:00 and 5:00. stickcally the more you fight about money, the more likely you are to get divorced. we'll talk to expert who's say the best unions find ways to separate love and money. tonight at 5:00, lunch with lindsay and washington's national star ryan zimmerman. find out what he's dirk out today.. >> those stories and all the days news and the worth on the weather right here first at 4:00. we'll look for you then. back to you for now. >> thank you. we're going to get a final check on today's forecast. cheers chuck bell. >> a little bit of light rain coming down across the area right now. you'll need your rain coats and

umbrellas as you make your plans for the remainder of the day. cloudy, a lot cooler today than yesterday. about about 10 to 15 degrees cooler with temperatures today sticking around in the 50s. a little bit warmer down into southern maryland. they're waiting on the showers. there is a check of the four-day forecast. highs only staying in the 50s today. mid 60s tomorrow. sunshine does come back tomorrow afternoon. that's the reason tomorrow will be nicer. thursday bright and sunny. 75 degrees. maybe a rumble or two of thunder especially friday afternoon and evening. a very unsettled weather pattern into the weekend. an area of low pressure could spell a little bit of trickiness for us in the forecast. scattered showers will be a possibility as we go through saturday and we may have to put the rain drops into sunday, as well. one last check of doppler. showers pushing in on fairfax county down in towards the manassas area, dale city and

springfield, northern charles county, as well. so showers are a part of our tuesday forecast but it won't be a heavy driving rain. just enough to moisten the flowers. >> that sounds nice. thank you. we'll see you tomorrow. >> bye-bye. >> well, they say kids are fearless. well this little girl in china takes that to a whole other level becoming a sensation by walking on a thin wire above six hungry siberian tigers at the zoo. the girl holds no balancing pole and simply uses her outstretched arms to keep her balance. whoa. the safety rope is attached to her waist to save her from the tigers. they watch from about 29 feet below. her father has been criticized for allowing her to do this with some even calling it child abuse. the girl apparently started training on the tight rope when she was just a year old. wow. that's "news4midday." thank you for joining us and

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